Estes Park glows for the holidays

Faces of the young and old lit up this weekend as the annual Catch the Glow Parade made its way down Elkhorn Avenue on Friday.

The event marks the start of the winter holiday season. Snow, snowmen, Christmas motifs abound in the parade that is, itself, a holiday tradition in Estes Park and for visitors from the Front Range and beyond.

Crowds lined the avenue four and five rows deep from one end of the main stretch of Elkhorn, all the way around St. Vrain Avenue to nearly Manford Avenue. The mild temperatures along with lack of wind or snow helped draw visitors to Estes Park.